‘Terrorists behind CW attack in Syria’

An Iranian lawmaker says intelligence obtained by Iran shows that the foreign-backed militants and terrorists launched the recent deadly chemical attack in Syria.

Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi said in a Wednesday interview that the countries supporting militants in Syria provided them with the equipment and technology to build such weapons.

The Iranian lawmaker added that the adherence of the militants to the Chemical Weapons Convention must be also supervised as œmilitants were definitely behind the chemical attacks of the past six months.”

The United Nations has released a report stating that sarin nerve agent was used in the attack on Damascus suburbs. The report stopped short of indicating who launched the attack.

The US, France, Britain and the foreign-sponsored militants blamed the Syrian government for the attack near Damascus.

The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has vehemently denied the accusation, saying the attack has been carried out by militants as a false-flag operation.

On September 10, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said Damascus is ready to implement a Russian proposal to place its chemical weapons arsenal under international control.

The Russian government proposed the initiative during a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Syrian counterpart, Muallem, in Moscow on September 9.

In response, US President Barack Obama asked the Congress to delay a vote on authorizing military action against Syria in order to give the Russian proposal a chance to play out.

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